伊索寓言：老鼠、青蛙与鹰-The Mouse, The Frog, And The Hawk

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A Mouse who always lived on the land, by an unlucky chance formed an intimate acquaintance with a Frog, who lived for the most part in the water. The Frog, one day intent on mischief¹, bound the foot of the Mouse tightly to his own. Thus joined together, the Frog first of all led his friend the Mouse to the meadow where they were accustomed to find their food. After this, he gradually led him towards the pool in which he lived, until reaching the very brink², he suddenly jumped in, dragging the Mouse with him. The Frog enjoyed the water amazingly, and swam croaking⁴ about, as if he had done a good deed. The unhappy Mouse was soon suffocated⁶ by the water, and his dead body floated about on the surface, tied to the foot of the Frog. A Hawk⁷ observed it, and, pouncing⁸ upon it with his talons⁹, carried it aloft. The Frog, being still fastened to the leg of the Mouse, was also carried off a prisoner, and was eaten by the Hawk.

The moral of the story is: Harm hatch, harm catch.

 

Wordchecker

 

intimate (adjective): close and personal

bound (verb): to secure together tightly

brink (noun): the edge where the water starts

croak³ (verb): to make a frog sound

pounce¹⁰ (verb): to jump on suddenly

suffocate⁵ (verb): to be unable to breathe

talons (noun): the sharp claws of a bird of prey¹¹ (e.g. eagle or hawk)

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